finitude

I understand that matter can be changed
To energy; that maths can integrate
The complex quantum jumps that must relate
The fusion of the stars to history's page.
I understand that God is every age
Is Lord of all; that matter can't dictate;
That stars and quarks and all things intricate
Perform his word - including fool and sage.
    But knowing God is not to know like God;
    And science is a quest in infancy.
    Still more: transcendence took on flesh and blood -
    I do not understand how this can be.
The more my mind assesses what it can,
The more it learns the finitude of man.

- Carson, D.A.  Holy Sonnets of the Twentieth Century. Baker Books. 1994.

What a beautiful reflection on our finitude vis-a-vis God's infinitude.  Carson refers to the following passages in relation to this Sonnet: Col. 2.9; Deut. 29.29; Job 38.1-7; Job 42.1-3